חוק התכנון והבנייה (תיקון מס' 120), התשע"ח-2018Planning and Building Law (Amendment No. 120), 2018 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Planning and Building Law (Amendment No. 120), 2018 was passed by the Knesset on 5 February 2018. The Law amends the arrangement currently established in the Planning and Building Law regarding the encouragement of construction of housing units intended for affordable housing, in three main respects: first – clarifying and expanding the powers of planning institutions to include provisions relating to affordable housing in plans; second – amending the Sixth Schedule and the conditions included therein for the purpose of implementing a plan that includes affordable housing; third – adding an arrangement relating to housing units for rent at a price reduced from the market price. In addition, the enforcement measures established in the Law were strengthened: thus, among other things, it was determined that a violation of the Law's provisions regarding affordable housing shall be considered a breach of fiduciary duty, and the chapter on financial sanctions was updated in accordance with the provisions added regarding housing units for rent at a reduced price. It was further determined that a financial sanction shall be imposed on a developer who conducts lotteries for eligible persons not in accordance with the rules established under the Law. Finally, the Law for the Promotion of Construction in Preferred Housing Zones (temporary provision), 2014 (the National Housing Committee Law) was also amended so that those housing units allocated under it for affordable housing, on land that is not State land, shall be subject to the provisions of the Sixth Schedule, as well as the Municipalities Ordinance and the Local Councils Ordinance, in order to clarify that a local authority has the power to establish, operate and manage affordable housing on land owned by it.

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Roy Folkman, David Amsalem, Yoav Ben Tzur, Moshe Gafni, Rachel Azaria